and Jesus being baptized went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descend like a dove and come upon him.

And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and at the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

Be not, therefore, like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

And when you fast, be not like the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. I tell you truly, they have their reward.

but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Every one, therefore, that hears these words of mine and performs them, I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the rock;

And seeing the multitudes he had compassion on them because they were faint and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.

To what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who call to their companions,

And he delivered them another parable, saying; The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field;

He delivered them another parable, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed which a man took and sowed in his field,

He spoke another parable to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

Then the righteous shall shine out like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hid in a field, which a man found, and concealed, and went away with joy, and sold all that he had and bought that field.

Again; the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls,

Again; the kingdom of heaven is like a net cast into the sea, and collecting [fish] of every kind,

And he said to them, Every scribe therefore that is instructed in the kingdom of heaven, is like a householder who casts out of his treasury things new and old.

And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his garments were white as the light.

But I tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

And Jesus said to them, On account of your unbelief. For I tell you truly, if you have a faith like a mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Be removed thence to that place, and it shall be removed; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

and said, I tell you truly, that if you do not turn and become like little children, you can by no means enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Whoever humbles himself like this little child, shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven;

On this account, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wished to settle with his servants.

For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers in his vineyard.

The kingdom of heaven is like a man, a king, who made a wedding for his son.

in like manner also the second, and third, till the seventh;

And the second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which appear fair without, but within are full of the bones of the dead and of all impurity.

in like manner, also, he that received the two gained two others;

And the chief priests in like manner also mocked him, with the scribes and elders, and said,

And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow;

and from fear of him the keepers shook and became like dead men.

and going up immediately out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a dove upon him;

And he was raised up and immediately taking his bed he went away before all; so that all were astonished, and glorified God, saying, We never saw the like.

And these in like manner are those sown on the rocky places; when they hear the word, they immediately receive it with joy,

And he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? or with what parable shall I present it?

It is like a mustard seed, which when sown in the earth is the least of all seeds on the earth;

But others said, he is Elijah; and others said, He is a prophet, like one of the prophets.

And crying out and affecting him with many convulsions, he went out. And he was like a dead person, so that many said, He is dead.

and the second took her, and died leaving no child; and the third in like manner.

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are married, but are like angels in heaven.

In like manner also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes, said one to another, He saved others; himself he cannot save;

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove upon him; and there was a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.

And as you wish men to do to you, do you also in like manner to them.

Every one that comes to me, and hears my words and does them, I will show you whom he is like.

He is like a man building a house, who dug and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock; and when there was a flood, the stream beat against that house and could not shake it, because it was built on a rock.

But he that hears and does not, is like a man building a house on the earth, without a foundation, against which the stream beat, and it fell immediately; and the ruin of that house was great.

[And he said], To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like?

They are like little children sitting in the market, and they call to each other, saying, We have played on pipes to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not lamented.

And he said to them, I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

And in like manner a Levite also, being at the place, came and saw him, and passed by on the other side.

Woe to you! for you are like concealed tombs; and men walk over them and know it not.

Consider the lilies; how they neither spin nor weave; but I tell you that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of them.

and be like men waiting for the coming of their lord, when he shall return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately.

I tell you, No; but unless you change your minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed.

I tell you, No; but unless you change your minds you shall all in like manner be destroyed.

And he said, What is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I liken it?

It is like a mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of heaven lodged in its branches.

Again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three sata [33 quarts] of flour, till the whole was leavened.

But Abraham said, Son, remember that you received your good things in your life, and Lazarus in like manner evil things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in pain.

And the Lord said, If you had a faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this sycamore tree, Be taken up by the roots and planted in the sea, and it would obey you.

In like manner also as it was in the days of Lot; they eat, drank, bought, sold, planted, built;

In that day let not him that shall be on the house, and his furniture in the house, come down to take it away; and in like manner let not him in the field turn back for things which are behind;

and in like manner also the seven; [and they] left no children, and died.

for it shall come like a snare on all who live on the face of the whole earth.

And the cup in like manner, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood, which is poured out for you.

Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired you, to sift like wheat;

And being in agony, he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat was like large drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And their words appeared to them like idle talk; and they believed them not.

And John testified saying, I saw the Spirit descend like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.

Then Jesus answered and said to them, I tell you most truly, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for whatever he does, these things also does the Son in like manner.

and you have not known him, but I have known him; and if I should say I do not know him, I should be a liar like you; but I know him and keep his word.

Some said, This is he; others said, No, but he is like him; he said, I am he.

Moses indeed said, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you, of your brothers, like me; him shall you hear in all things which he shall speak to you;

And all who sat in the Sanhedrin looking steadily at him saw his face like the face of an angel.

This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up for you, of your brothers, like me.

and he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, let down by four corners to the earth,

I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw a vision in a trance, a vessel like a great sheet descending, let down by the four corners from heaven, and it came to me;

and saying, Men, why do you do these things? We are also men subject to like sufferings with you, preaching that you should turn from these vain [services] to the living God, who made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all things in them,

Being therefore an offspring of God, we ought not to think the Deity to be like gold or silver or stone, a work of art and human device.

assembling them together and laborers of like employments, said, Men, you know that our prosperity is derived from this employment,

And Agrippa [said] to Festus, I should like to hear the man also myself. And he said, To-morrow you shall hear him.

But we would like to hear from you what you think, for it is known to us concerning this sect, that it is everywhere spoken against.

and in like manner also the males, leaving the natural enjoyment of the female, became the subjects of inordinate desires for each other, males with males committing indecency, and receiving in return the recompense of their error which was fit.

And in like manner also the Spirit helps our weakness. For we know not what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit makes intercession for us with groanings unutterable;

As also Isaiah said before, Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a posterity, we should have been like Sodom, and should have resembled Gomorrah.

being defamed we entreat; we are made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all things, even till now.

Let the husband render to the wife her due, and in like manner also the wife the husband.

The wife has not the right to her body, but the husband; and in like manner the husband has not the right to his body, but the wife.

For the servant called in the Lord is the Lord's freeman; in like manner the called freeman is Christ's servant.

In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant [sealed] with my blood; this do, as often as you drink, in remembrance of me.

Like the earthly, such also are the earthly; and like the heavenly, such also are the heavenly;

But we, brothers, like Isaac, are children of the promise.

murders, drunkenness, revellings and the like, of which I tell you before, as I have also previously told you, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

that we may be no longer children, driven about like waves and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the art of men, and the craftiness of deceitful wiles,

and being found in form like a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient even till death, and the death of the cross.

For I have no one like minded who really will care for your interests;

who will change our humble body, and make it like his glorious body, by the power by which he is able also to subject all things to himself.

not with inordinate desires like the gentiles who know not God,

for you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord comes like a thief in the night.